Stormin’ In the Mornin’

I LOVE a stormy morning!  It necessitated an early rise out of bed  to check open windows, but I love it, none the less (or is that phrase one word?).  I love to hear the thunder watch the lightnin’, as it lights up the sky… you know it makes me feel good!  (Did you catch [...]

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New Category

Hello all!  During my internet travales for Renaissance and folk dance, I found a bunch of stuff that will be helpful for me through the year.  So, since I never know who’s looking at me or what you might find interesting, I’ve added a new category with links to folkdance and other Renaissance culture stuff. 

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Dancing For Folklife Festival

Susan wanted to see some video, so here it is!
This first is a dance called the Gay Gordons.  The Gay Gordons is a popular dance at céilidhs and other kinds of informal and social dance. It is an “old-time” dance, of a type popular in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, in which every [...]

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Peasant Costume

I have danced with our community folkdance group for 3 1/2 years now. I’ve participated in 3 period performances… middle ages kind of stuff. Plus this summer’s Squire Boone drama. I’ve not had a proper costume for any of it. Until NOW! YEAHAW!
Thanks so much to another of my good [...]

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Cookapaloosa

OK, we cooked on Tuesday, but I’ve been kind of busy.  So it’s Friday and I’ve got my freezer stocked and I can post the pics. We were cooking from 9 AM till about 4 PM. PHEW! But even that long stretch isn’t so bad when it’s with a friend. The [...]

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A Quickie Give-away!

I promise I’ll come back later and overload you all with posts and updates, but you gotta check this out now!
It’s a Dyson “pink” give-away at Five Minutes For Mom.  Check it out and leave a comment if you’re like me and need a new, dependable vaccuum.

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Feast One Hundred & Sixty One

Want to play?  Go to www.fridaysfeast.com or click on the link in my right nav bar.

{Featured Flickr Feast by tclement}
Appetizer
What is your favorite type of art? Impressionist… I like the emotional peace it usually gives me… the warm fuzzies in a very real kind of way!  LOL  It also doesn’t hurt that it seems like [...]

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Feast One Hundred and Sixty

To play along, or just find links for others who have played today, visit Friday’s Feast.
Appetizer
When was the last time you visited a hospital?  Two years ago last May, giving birth to my baby girl.
Soup
On a scale of 1 to 10 with 10 being highest, how ambitious are you?  Depends on which project.   [...]

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Hi! Biking and Hiking

M really IS in those hiking pictures… she’s the little maroon dot behind S!
And that one picture should read “Papaw should be proud of his woods wanderers” .  Must have run out of space!

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Educator Discounts

Melissa Wiley over at The Lilting House has a post on educator discounts.  Did you know JoAnn Fabrics has an online discount process, even for homeschoolers?  Yehaw!  You have to jump through a few hoops, but it’s no cost and 15% off.  Check out her link.
I wanted to get you to her site cause she’s [...]

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Whoo-Hoo!

We are 5 for 5 today in the potty training battles!!!  Moira is initiating all of the trips to the potty and even made the last one a #2 (for my potty language-averse blog buddies).  Now, it’s probably a little too early to be singing the praises just yet, cause I’m sure there’s at least [...]

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An Inspiring Mother

Here’s a snippet from another “first day” post for you:
“…dreading the return to learning center. There are some huge issues with politics and personalities there, and I am losing my ability to just smile and bite my tongue. But, I decided to put on my big girl panties and focus on the real joy of [...]

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History Class, Listerine and Mosquitoes

22
That’s how many students we had in our History and Drama class yesterday!  22!!  And when the parents and siblings came in to wait near the end of the class, we added 18 more bodies to that number!  I don’t know if the library was happy to see us coming or going.
Student ages ranged from [...]

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Autumn

Honeysuckle, walnut and locust… the first trees are burnished yellow and gold and the temps have dropped here with a nice steady rain all morning long.  Aaaahhhhh!  This relaxes me!

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Instructions on the Devil

I woke up with this on my mind, so I figured I better write it down.  Tossed and turned a while with it there, too.  I’m not in the habit of ignoring much.  So I’ll give this some space here, to get it out of my head.  And come back after I’ve searched it out [...]

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